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Show I"'- SITlfi BfiLL Earl Sheeley Leads League With High Percentage The hustling Angels will open seven game series at Salt Lake today against Ernie Johnson's Bees ' and ' from all Indications the series should bo a thriller. Wade Killlfer and his crew have just completed a series wmi the Senators, where they copped five of seven played. - Today's program will be preceded by a program by the American Legion, Le-gion, many stunts having been prepared pre-pared by the former service men to make the day a gala day. The Bec3 -will enter into tho coining coin-ing series three games ahead of the Seals and tho Salt Lake fans are cagi to see tho locals raise the ante before taking to the road next week. However, How-ever, tho Bees are In a badly crlppieu , state. Manager Ernie Johnson Is out of the name with a broken finger, k Nick Cullop Is in the hospital suffer-) y"1- ing from Influenza, Spider Baum mi suffering from a broken toe, and Sands is also on the sick. list. Sheeley at Top. . "Last week a new record for attendance atten-dance was .set when 30,146 fans paid to see the Seals and Bees in action. Earl Sheeley went to the. top of me ladder in loaguo batting, with a mark of .391. Johnson of Salt Lake is second sec-ond with .364, and Maggort of Salt Lake third with .34 6. llumler is hit- .: ting ,324. Sheeley has ton homers to ; his credit, sixteen two baggora ana one triple besides a number of singles H' and is batting 'cm out with' great re- gularity. Mighty BUI Rumler has wal-Hld wal-Hld loped the ball out of the lot six times. Hf The Bees arc second in club field- H' ing, with an overage of .964, while Hf j they are out In front with club batting, H2 ) having a mark of .300, Ht i Compton is Good. Hl f Compton, of Sacramento, is slapping H the apple for a .344 average. Fisher of H ' Vernon Is. hitting the pill at a .332 Hl average. Miller of Oakland with .342, HV and Fitzgerald with .323 arc listca ll with the loading sluggers. Hlli Wille of Oakland IcadB the league Hl1; in run getting, having 59 to his credit. HVll 1 Fisher of Vernon has obtained tho HjS, t greatest number of hits, 96, Rumler PT of Salt Lake leads the two base swat- lers, having 24. In triples, Bohnc of sf Seattle is out In front with 9. John-j John-j t 'ln of Salt Lake leads In stolen bases wflh 27 and Corban of San Francisco leads in sacrifice hits with 20. Zolllo Zcidcr, former Brooklyn 1 ' ' Dodger will Join the Angels at Salt , I! LAke today. Hels an inflelder. |